SINJAR, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 26: Muhsin Miro, a 20 year Peshmerga army veteran, patrolling the now ruined city of Sinjar in Kurdistan. Here he walks in a ransacked former Yazidi resident's house. Muhsin is one of around 5,000 Peshmergas who have been fighting

KIRKUK, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 27: Peshmerga military at the ISIL front lines some 15 km south of Kirkuk. The city of Kirkuk is around 150 miles north of Baghdad and the ancient center of the Iraqi Turkmen population and recently named 'the capital of Iraqi cult

KIRKUK, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 27: Peshmerga military at the ISIL front lines some 15 km south of Kirkuk. The city of Kirkuk is around 150 miles north of Baghdad and the ancient center of the Iraqi Turkmen population and recently named 'the capital of Iraqi cult

KIRKUK, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 27: Homemade ISIL tank sits in a Peshmerga military base. The tank was destroyed by a US airstike after it breached Peshmerga lines heading to Kirkuk. It was destroyed Peshmerga military at the ISIL front lines some 15 km south of

SINJAR, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 26: Two Peshmerga soliders walk down one of the main streets of Sinjar. Scenes from the now destroyed city of Sinjar, which was recently liberated from ISIL militants who originally captured the city on August 2014. Following the w

SINJAR, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 26: An ISIS made mortar. Scenes from the now destroyed city of Sinjar, which was recently liberated from ISIL militants who originally captured the city on August 2014. Following the withdrawal of the Kurdish Peshmerga, ISIL perpet

SINJAR, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 26: Peshmerga officers on a tea break. Scenes from the now destroyed city of Sinjar, which was recently liberated from ISIL militants who originally captured the city on August 2014. Following the withdrawal of the Kurdish Peshmerg

BA'ASHIQAH, IRAQ - MARCH 3: Looking out towards ISIL-held Mosul from Peshmerga lines. Scenes from the Ba'ashiqah frontline which is 12 km north of Mosul, Iraq's second largest city. Mosul is currently under ISIS military control. This is the last line of

BA'ASHIQAH, IRAQ - MARCH 3: Scenes from the Ba'ashiqah frontline which is 12 km north of Mosul, Iraq's second largest city. Mosul is currently under ISIS military control. This is the last line of defense...The Peshmerga (Iraqi Kurdistan security force) p

BA'ASHIQAH, IRAQ - MARCH 3: Scenes from the Ba'ashiqah frontline which is 12 km north of Mosul, Iraq's second largest city. Mosul is currently under ISIS military control. This is the last line of defense...The Peshmerga (Iraqi Kurdistan security force) p

BA'ASHIQAH, IRAQ - MARCH 3: Scenes from the Ba'ashiqah frontline which is 12 km north of Mosul, Iraq's second largest city. Mosul is currently under ISIS military control. This is the last line of defense...The Peshmerga (Iraqi Kurdistan security force) p

KIRKUK, IRAQ - MARCH 2: A view through the scope of a Peshmerga sniper rifle. Peshmerga military at the ISIL front lines some 15 km south of Kirkuk. The city of Kirkuk is around 150 miles north of Baghdad and the ancient center of the Iraqi Turkmen popula

SINJAR, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 26: One of the very few residents of Sinjar stands outside of ruins of a former building. Scenes from the now destroyed city of Sinjar, which was recently liberated from ISIL militants who originally captured the city on August 201

SINJAR, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 26: Scenes from the now destroyed city of Sinjar, which was recently liberated from ISIL militants who originally captured the city on August 2014. Following the withdrawal of the Kurdish Peshmerga, ISIL perpetrated the Sinjar mass

SINJAR, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 26: Scenes from the now destroyed city of Sinjar, which was recently liberated from ISIL militants who originally captured the city on August 2014. Following the withdrawal of the Kurdish Peshmerga, ISIL perpetrated the Sinjar mass

SINJAR, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 26: Muhsin Miro, a 20 year Peshmerga army veteran, patrolling the now ruined city of Sinjar in Kurdistan. Here he walks in a ransacked former Yazidi resident's house. Muhsin is one of around 5,000 Peshmergas who have been fighting

KIRKUK, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 27: A Peshmerga rifle inside a Peshmerga officer's mess. Peshmerga military at the ISIL front lines some 15 km south of Kirkuk. The city of Kirkuk is around 150 miles north of Baghdad and the ancient center of the Iraqi Turkmen po

KIRKUK, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 27: Peshmerga military at the ISIL front lines some 15 km south of Kirkuk. The city of Kirkuk is around 150 miles north of Baghdad and the ancient center of the Iraqi Turkmen population and recently named 'the capital of Iraqi cult

KIRKUK, IRAQ - MARCH 2: Inside a T-62 Soviet built tank formerly used by Saddam Hussein's army and one of about 160 captured by the US military in 2003 then given to Kurdish forces in 2005. Peshmerga military at the ISIL front lines some 15 km south of Ki

KIRKUK, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 27: Peshmerga military at the ISIL front lines some 15 km south of Kirkuk. The city of Kirkuk is around 150 miles north of Baghdad and the ancient center of the Iraqi Turkmen population and recently named 'the capital of Iraqi cult

KIRKUK, IRAQ - MARCH 2: Peshmerga military at the ISIL front lines some 15 km south of Kirkuk. The city of Kirkuk is around 150 miles north of Baghdad and the ancient center of the Iraqi Turkmen population and recently named 'the capital of Iraqi culture'

KIRKUK, IRAQ - MARCH 2: Peshmerga military at the ISIL front lines some 15 km south of Kirkuk. The city of Kirkuk is around 150 miles north of Baghdad and the ancient center of the Iraqi Turkmen population and recently named 'the capital of Iraqi culture'

BA'ASHIQAH, IRAQ - MARCH 3: Scenes from the Ba'ashiqah frontline which is 12 km north of Mosul, Iraq's second largest city. Mosul is currently under ISIS military control. This is the last line of defense...The Peshmerga (Iraqi Kurdistan security force) p

SINJAR, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 26: Muhsin Miro, a 20 year Peshmerga army veteran, patrolling the now ruined city of Sinjar in Kurdistan. Here he walks in a ransacked former Yazidi resident's house. Muhsin is one of around 5,000 Peshmergas who have been fighting